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𝐐𝐮𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐨𝐜𝐤 𝐇𝐮𝐧𝐭 𝐌𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐝 Avon and Somerset Police have charged Quantock Staghounds hunt master Chris Gibbons and huntsman Martin Watts with illegally hunting a wild mammal with dogs in relation to an incident on March 16, 2026. Watts faces a further charge relating to a separate incident on April 23, 2026 Both men are to appear in Taunton Magistrates’ Court on October 22, 2026 to answer the charges. The charges relate to the brutal five-hour pursuit of a stag, which ended with the exhausted animal becoming trapped and being shot. "𝐴𝑠 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑠𝑎𝑏 𝑑𝑒𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑒��𝑦 𝑏𝑒𝑔𝑔𝑒𝑑 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑒𝑥ℎ𝑎𝑢𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑛𝑗𝑢𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒 𝑙𝑒𝑓𝑡 𝑎𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑒, ℎ𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑙𝑎𝑢𝑔ℎ𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑒𝑑 𝑝𝑎𝑠𝑡 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑔𝑢𝑛, 𝑑𝑒𝑚𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑟𝑘 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑠𝑡 𝑏𝑒𝑡𝑤𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑎𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑎𝑏 𝑝𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑚𝑒𝑟𝑐𝑦, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑎𝑟𝑏𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 ℎ𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑤𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑖𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑔𝑒𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑘𝑖𝑙𝑙." Read more 👇 https://t.co/Mz8mam0LXi